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VANDYKED.
oW Bordeaux, and, staggering to a bye lane, vandyked to
Famingham. 1845 Alb. bMiTH Fort. Scatter^ood Fam, xv,
Foreign gentlemen . . vandyked with indecision about the
quay, a^ they tried to recollect the name of the hotel.
Vandyked (-vsendai'lct), ppl. a. [Cf. prec.]
Provided with Vandykes ; cut or shaped at the edge
into deep indentations ; zigzagged.
x8oo ffuii Advertiser 32 Nov. 3/3 A broad border, or
rather flounce, of vandyked velvet. 183a T. Brown £k.
Butitrfties ^ M. (1834) I. 169 The wings are of an intense
black, denticulated with a vandyked border of white, i860
Sala Lady Ckcsterjield v. 80 The vandyked morocco
valance. 189a E. Reeves Homezvard Bcmnd 139 The
roadway is bordered by a massive stone wall.. with a vandyked
top, like a piece of lace.
vandyking, »e buk of be wangele.. he gef hyme frely in l>at place.
c 1410 Wycliffite Bible (1850) IV. 297 Here endith vangelis,
and bigyneth a prologe on the Romayns. c 1425 Wvntoun
Cron, VI. X. 70 (Laing), He made a tysstyre in that qwhylle,
Quhare-in wes closyd the Wangylle. 1473 Rental Bk.
Cu6ar-AngHs (1879) L 199 Sworn apon the haly wangyl
be/or the Abbot and conuent. 1533 Gau Richt Vay 27 To
prech his halie vangel to al creatur. Ibid., The wangel of
lesus Christ, a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron, Scot,
(S.T.S.) L 239 Ather of vther was sworne in the haly
vangell.
attrib. £1450 Maitl. Club Misc. IIL 201 Item ane buke
for the vangell lettrin.
t Vangelie, aphetic form of Evangely. Obs.
a 1390 Wycliffite Bible, 1 Tim. i. ji Vp the euangelie \v.r.
uangelie] of the glorie of blessid God. a 1^50 Lovelich
Grail Hi. 969 Piers.. the holy vangelye gan him vndo.
t Vaugelist. Obs. Also 4 -wangelyst, 4-6
-ist(e. [Aphetic f. Evangelist.] An evangelist.
a 1330 Roland^ V. 153 lames l>e apostel hi crist, lones
broker, J>e wangelist. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxvii, (MacAor)
1295 pe wark of wangeliste \>\i do, 1533 Gau Richt Vay 39
And syne the wangelistis hes thairof writine. Ibid., The
prophetis, apostlis, and the vangelistis. 1567 Gude^ Godlie
B. (S.T.S.) 200 Wolues, quhome of my Vangelistis wryte.
Vangle, dial, variant of Fangle sb,^
II Vanglo. (See quots.)
1756 P. Browne Jamaica (1789) 270 The Vanglo or Oilplant.
1829 Loudon Encycl. Plants (1836) 515 Sesamum..
These plants were introduced into Jamaica by the Jews,
and are now cultivated in most parts of the island. They are
called vanglo or oil-p^ant. 1858 Simmonds Diet. Trade,
Vanglo, a West Indian name for the teel seeds of the East
{Sesamum orientate).
Vanguard (vse-ngajd). Also Sc. 5 vandgard,
6 vandgarde, -gaird; 6 wangard(e, -guard,
-gaird, vangart, -gard(e, -gaird. [ad. OF, avangarde,
var. of avantgarde : see Vantgdabd. Cf. It.
and Sp. vanguardia, Pg. vnnguarda.']
1. Afil. The foremost division of an army ; the
forefront or van.
The Scottish examples are placed first.
(a) J487 Barbour's Bruce xi. 164 Till renownyt erilis twa
..He gaf the vandgard in ledyng. 1513 Douglas ^neid
XII. V. 210 Alsus..ruschis abak for feir..In the vangart
[ed. 1553 vandgarde] throw mony a poyntit glave. 1535
Stewart Cron. Scot. II . 224 This gude schir Loth the wangard
led that da. a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot.
(S.T.S.) I. 270 The wandgaird was neir mearchant togither.
1596 Dalrymple Kr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 313 He. .obteynet
the name and honour of Capitane of the kingis Vangaird.
{b) 1503 Lett. Rich. Ill * Hen. VII (Rolls) I. 208 The
Souchy vars whiche [werejappoyncted tokepe my vanguarde
avaunced tha[ym forjwardes without my knowlege. 1598
Barret Theor. Warres 111. ii. 63 Let the Officer of the Vanguarde
draw out three rankes of the armed pikes. 1622 F.
Markham Bk. War iv. viii. 151 As soone as the head or
Vanguard beginneth, that in the same time the Reare bee
ready to follow. 1665 Manlev Grotius" Low C. Wars 389
Villars, the Commander of the Van-Guard . . , being circumvented,
and taken by Fontains Army. 1693 Luttrell Brief
Ret, (1857) 111. 5 The landgraves vanguard pursued their
rear. 1788 Chambers Cycl. s.v., Every Army is compos'd
of three Parts, a Van-guard, Rear-guard, and Main Body.
1780 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 2)V. 3423 Van Guard. See Advanced
Guard. 1838 Lytton Leila iv. i, Winding along the steeps
of the mountain were seen the gleaming spears and pennants
of the Moslem vanguard. 1851 Longf. Gold. Leg,
i. Castle of Vautsberg, As when the vanguard of the
Roman legions First saw it from the top of yonder hill I
187^ Clery Mvt. Tact. vi. (1877) 76 The advanced party,
which may be conveniently termed the Vanguard, is composed
of cavalry and infantry,
b. In fig. use.
183X Carlvle Sart. Res.\.m, At length .. Germany and
Weissnichtwo were where they should be, in the vanguard
of the world. 1856 Stanley Sinai Sf Pal. ii. 116 Palestine
. .was then the vanguard of the eastern, and therefore, of the
civilised world. 1878 Maclear Celts i. 12 They were to
form the vanguard in the Missionary history of Europe.
attrib. 188S Century XXXVI. 657 All day his vanguard
spirit, flaming bright. Bore up the brunt of unavailing fight.
2; ellipt. The name of a variety of peach.
1786 Abercbombie Arr. 14 in Gard, Assist.^ Peaches...
Vanguard. 1802 W. Forsyth Fruit Trees 28 To the foregoing
may be added, . . Smooth-leaved Royal George,
Steward's late Gallande, Vanguard, i860 Hogg Fruit
Man. 147 Vanguard.—This is a variety of the Noblesse...
The only apparent difference is in the habit of the trees,
which in Vanguard is much more robust and hardy than in
the Noblesse.
Vanhap, Sc. form of Wanhap.
f Vanil, error for Anil 2.
1599 WiLLES in Hakluyt V^oy. IL 11. 78 Many Tartars and
Mogores, that brought into China certaine blewes of great
value : all we^thought it to be Vanil of Cambaia wont to be
sold at Ormus.